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Washington on the Potomac

Rich in cultural, scientific, educational, and business resources, the Washington metropolitan area acts as a stimulus to the intellect, the spirit, the soul. Living in Washington, DC is quite a learning experience.

Studying art history makes far more sense when you can spend the afternoon at a museum studying a Picasso or a Rambrandt, or carved artworks from Senegal or Benin. Writing a paper on an obscure but important biological topic is made so much easier when you can draw on freshly released research findings by scientists at the National Institutes of Health in nearby Bethesda, Maryland.

African American History of Washington, DC

A Brief History of African Americans in Washington, DC
African American Heritage Trail Database—Browse by Neighborhood - Information on more than 200 important African American history sites throughout Washington, DC.
Greater U Street Historic District
U Street/Shaw Neighborhood
LeDroit Park Neighborhood
African-American Local Scene
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, & Founders Library at Howard University - "We Shall Overcome", Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
A Former Slave, Mamout Lived Freely
Zora Neale Hurston’s Washington - (DC's Big Read)

Washington on the Potomac

African American History of Washington, DC

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